US Economy News Today: Powell Dismisses the Need for Additional Rate Hikes

Today, the Federal Reserve concluded its two-day Open Markets Committee meeting by leaving interest rates untouched, as expected, and saying it will likely stay that way for longer than previously ... Read More

US Economy News Today: Don't Hold Your Breath For Interest Rate Cuts This Week

The Federal Open Market Committee, the central bank’s policy body, is likely to leave the fed funds rate unchanged when it wraps up its two-day meeting on Wednesday. The Fed will also likely send the ... Read More

The US economy is flashing a recession warning that has only been wrong once in the last century, top economist says

The business-cycle expert and cofounder of the Economic Cycle Research Institute pointed to troubling signs of weakness in the US, with warning signs of a downturn cropping up in multiple areas of ... Read More

The stunning strength of the US economy means the soft landing may already be here, Evercore founder says

The US economy may have successfully avoided ... also looks to be on rock-solid footing despite firms battling tighter financial conditions. The unemployment rate was at a record low of 3.8% ... Read More

As US inflation ticks back up, it could impact the presidential election

With food and fuel included, inflation is at 3.5 percent, up from 3.2 percent in February. While inflation is much lower than the 40-year high ... which showed the US economy added some 300,000 ... Read More

Recession is coming and it could send stocks plummeting 26% as dwindling savings rates spark a 'vicious cycle' in the economy, strategist says

In an interview with Fox Business Network on Thursday, Ibrahim said the economy would likely ... long-warned could overtighten financial conditions and push the US into a recession. Read More

Poll: Economy a top issue among US voters

VOA correspondent Scott Stearns looks at how candidates Joe Biden and Donald Trump are approaching an economy that the U.S. Labor Department says is adding jobs and lifting wages. Read More

Democrats better for US economy

Since World War II, the US economy ... credit for appointing Paul Volcker as US Federal Reserve Chair in 1979 with a mandate to break the back of inflation. The disinflation that followed helped ... Read More

Europe’s economy is trailing behind the US – this is why

The US economy expanded ... since the 2009 financial crisis, excluding the lockdown year of 2020. France, in contrast, chalked up 0.9pc growth last year, while German GDP contracted by 0.3pc. For the ... Read More

Economy News

While more older boomers tend to have a pension, a looming wave of younger retirees are about to strain the economy and Social Security. A close-up of Taylor Swift's jewelry at the Super Bowl.Joe ... Read More